Pictures of the day: 21 December 2012

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he addresses members of the media and supporters from the window of the Ecuadorean embassy in Knightsbridge, London. WikiLeaks will release one million documents next year affecting every country in the world, he said in a "Christmas message" marking six months since he sought asylum in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden over claims of rape and sexual assault.Picture: LEON NEAL/AFP/GettyImages